Mexico's Cesar Vaquera came saw and conquered in the bunch finish in Camargo.
Spanish duo, Javier Benitez (Contentpolis/Ampo) and Andalucia/Cajasur's Jose
Carrasco counted in for second and third to join Cesar on the podium.

No changes in the rankings today with Rock Racing’s Oscar Sevilla continues
in the lead of the Vuelta with six seconds in hand over 36 year old current Pan
American road champion Gregorio Ladino of Tecos
Trek. Rui Da Costa of Caisse d'Epargne is third at 1:03. Their nearest rival is
Italian veteran Dario Cioni of ISD/Neri at 5 minutes.

Oscar Sevilla is one stage away from final victory, as the last stage,
Delicias to Chihuahua, over 118.6 kilometers is unlikely to change the
final outcome of the race with a rather flat stage with one cat 4 climb coming
midway through the stage. Sevilla commented after today's stage, "It was a
quiet day and I thank my team, we were able to avoid any danger," said Sevilla

The stage was animated by a breakaway of 7 riders who escaped at 26
kilometers; Francisco Pérez (Caisse d'Epargne), Antonio Aldape (Tecos), Niek Van
Geffen (Rabobank), Guillaume Pont (Meitan Hompo), Ivan Rana (Xacobeo/Galicia),
Antonio Piedra (Andalucia/Cajasur) and Jacob Erker (Kelly Benefit). The
determined seven gained a a maximum advantage of 2:39; but the peloton had them
in their sight with 8 km to go. Six of the seven were caught with six miles to
go... with Antonio Aldape the last to reluctantly abdicate the lead of the race
with 2 km to go.

The sprint was marred by a crash of a dozen riders with Vaquera, Benitez
escaping the mayhem.

"The sprint was very wild, because there were riders who shouldn't have been
involved." said Benitez, "So I had to start my sprint very early from far out
and I could not win. I feel bad for the team who worked very hard for me, but
I'm happy because I held on for the podium."said the Valencian gracefully.

It is thus that the young cowboy was imposed. "I was on Benitez's wheel and I
managed to come around him. It is a very important win for me because I'm
looking for a European professional team and I hope this will serve me for it."

Rock Racing Comments
One To Go For Sevilla At Vuelta a Chihuahua
Only Saturday’s 72-mile (118 km) stage at the Vuelta a Chihuahua stands in the
way of Oscar Sevilla delivering a milestone victory for Rock Racing. If the
Spaniard maintains his overall lead, he will have scored Rock Racing’s third
straight overall title at a stage race this year, adding to wins at the Bend
Memorial Clinic Cascade Cycling Classic in July and the Larry H. Miller Tour of
Utah in August.

“I’m feeling relaxed, with no pressure,” Sevilla said. “I have very talented
teammates around me who know what to do to make sure I maintain my lead through
to the end.”

Rock Racing protected Sevilla’s six-second advantage over Gregorio Ladino (Tecos
Trek) on Friday's Stage 5 by riding the front throughout the 88-mile (142 km)
race from Parral to Camargo. A breakaway group of seven riders was reeled in
three miles from the finish and César Vaquera (Orven) won the field sprint.

To date, Rock Racing has won 33 races, including the overall at Cascade by
Sevilla in July and Francisco Mancebo’s victory in Utah in August. Mancebo
registered his fifth top 10 placing at the Vuelta a Chihuahua Friday with sixth
place in the sprint.

Besides working for Sevilla, Rock Racing’s David Vitoria will be looking to
hold onto the sprint classification jersey he earned on Stage 2 of the six-day
race. There are two sprints and one categorized climb on Saturday’s final stage.